Report regarding a failed O.S.R. Hub Outer Ball Race on a 35-EX Phantom III, which was returned for examination.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 92\5\ scan0117 | |
| Date | 20th April 1937 | |
| 3009 1113 302 HOTEL DE FRANCE. CHATEAUROUX(French test region). Indre. France. Rm {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} /GWH {George W. Hancock - Head Chateauroux} /IMN/5/JAB. 20th April 1937 To. Rm. {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} c.c. Rm {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} /GWH. {George W. Hancock - Head Chateauroux} 35-EX.PHANTOM III. O.S.R.Hub Outer Ball Race Hoffmann I50. The above bearing failed due to the cage breaking up. A new one has been obtained from Paris Depot and fitted, and we have returned the faulty race to you for examination. ----------- Rm {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} /GWH {George W. Hancock - Head Chateauroux} /IMW. {Ivan M. Waller - Head of Chateauroux} | ||
From the Rolls-Royce experimental archive: a quarter of a million communications from Rolls-Royce, 1906 to 1960's. Documents from the Sir Henry Royce Memorial Foundation (SHRMF).